Republicans

Asa Hutchinson Drops Out After Dismal Iowa Showing

ABC News reports: Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is ending his 2024 race for president after a dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses underscored how little he had been embraced by Republican voters. With 99% of the expected results in, Hutchinson has secured just 191 votes in the Iowa caucuses and zero pledged delegates as of Tuesday morning, appearing to …

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GOP Campaigns Spent $1124 Per Iowa Vote Received

NPR reports: Turnout was low in these caucuses compared to the record-setting 2016 turnout. Only about 110,000 Republicans caucused with 99% of results in. That represents less than 15% of the total number of registered Republicans in the state. Put another way … almost $124 million was spent on campaign ads in Iowa by the Republican candidates, more than any …

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DeSantis: “We Got Our Ticket Punched Out Of Iowa”

“They spent almost $50 million attacking us. The media was against us, they were writing our obituaries months ago. They even called the election before people even got a chance to vote. They were just so excited about the fact that they were predicting that we wouldn’t be able to get our ticket punched here out of Iowa, but I …

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Nikki Haley: “Iowa Has Made This A Two-Person Race”

“At one point in this campaign, there were fourteen of us running. I was at 2% in the polls. But tonight Iowa did what Iowa always does so well. The pundits will analyze the results from every angle, we get that, but when you look at how we’re doing in New Hampshire, in South Carolina, and beyond, I can safely …

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DeSantis Team Claims “Election Interference” In Iowa

“What happened tonight is appalling– the media calling the race for Donald Trump before votes had been cast. I personally spoke in multiple precincts in front of hundreds of voters. And while I’m presenting and delivering the closing arguments around just for Ron DeSantis, and actually flipping voters, people start getting alerts on their phone saying the race is over …

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Vivek Ramaswamy Drops Out Of Race, Endorses Trump

The New York Times reports: Vivek Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old entrepreneur and political newcomer who briefly made a splash with brash policy proposals and an outsize sense of confidence, dropped out of the race for the Republican White House nomination after a disappointing fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. He then immediately endorsed former President Donald J. Trump for the White …

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Trump Easily Wins Iowa Caucuses By 30 Points

Yahoo News reports: Former President Donald Trump easily won the Iowa caucuses Monday night in his first test at securing his party’s presidential nomination in 2024. Less than an hour after the caucuses began, the Associated Press called the race for Trump, who had a commanding lead in Iowa polls for months, so the result did not come as a …

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LIVE VIDEO: Iowa Votes In Nation’s First 2024 Election

NBC News reports: Iowa Republicans will hold caucuses Monday at 7 p.m. CT to select a presidential nominee. Former President Donald Trump has held a commanding lead in polls of the state since he announced his intention to run for president a third time. The real competitiveness of the race has come down to a contest for second place between …

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Ad Attacks “Sanctuary Suozzi” In Bid To Replace Santos

The New York Post reports: An independent Super PAC has been launched to help Republican Mazi Pilip defeat ex-Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi in the Feb. 13 special election to fill the House seat vacated by the expulsion of lying ex-Congressman George Santos. Secure New York State PAC is running six-figure radio and digital ads slamming the Democrat as “Sanctuary Suozzi” …

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DeSantis Team: We’ve Got The Cash To Last Until March

Bloomberg News reports: Ron DeSantis has enough cash to sustain his 2024 US presidential bid past Monday’s Iowa Republican caucus into crucial primaries in March, one of his finance chairs said, reassuring donors concerned about his standing in polls. “If we have the success I think we can have in Iowa and exceed expectations, I think fundraising will really be …

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Scaramucci: I’ll Campaign For Biden, I’m A Patriot First

The Messenger reports: Former Donald Trump White House official Anthony Scaramucci will be campaigning for President Joe Biden in the next presidential election if comes down to him and his old boss representing both major parties. “This really is going to be a battle for the democracy… [Trump’s] going to expand executive power. He’s going to make things rougher for …

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Infamous Missouri Couple Poses With Machine Guns To Endorse Far-Right TX Republican US House Candidate

“You may remember us as the St. Louis couple who held off an Antifa mob through the exercise of our God-given and constitutional rights back in 2020. Well, this is a time of crisis for our country and if we’re going to save this nation and restore our freedoms, we need to drain the swamp and elect true patriots to …

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North Carolina Gov Candidate: MLK Was A Communist

The Huffington Post reports: Martin Luther King Jr. was just an “ersatz pastor” and a “communist,” and the 1960s civil rights movement was “crap,” according to a series of Facebook posts by Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate to be North Carolina’s next governor. Robinson, who is currently the state’s lieutenant governor, regularly criticized King and the civil rights movement …

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Cultists Go To War Against Cultist Over Ramaswamy

Mediate reports: Right-wing provocateur Benny Johnson has deleted and expressed regret over a “poorly-worded tweet” that drew the ire of Donald Trump’s supporters over the weekend. In his initial tweet, Johnson announced that he was “Back in Iowa” and that his fans could catch him “on the campaign trail with @VivekGRamaswamy.” The response from Trump World was furious. On X, …

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DeSantis On Rubio Backing Trump: He’s Scared Of Him

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor is shaking off the state’s senior Senator endorsing Donald Trump for President. During a CNN interview, Ron DeSantis diminished the importance of Marco Rubio’s decision. “Donald Trump is the candidate of the Washington politicians,” DeSantis told Dana Bash. The Governor touted his endorsements from “state legislators” and “state officials” in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South …

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Scalise Vows Hunter Biden Contempt Vote Will Happen

Politico reports: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Sunday that Republicans will move forward with a vote to hold Hunter Biden in contempt, unless they reach a deal with his team for an interview. Scalise’s comments — made during a call with the House GOP conference — come after Biden’s legal team made a U-turn on Friday and said that …

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Pope Francis Doubles-Down On Blessing Gay Couples

The Associated Press reports: Pope Francis has defended his controversial decision to let priests bless same-sex couples but admitted that “solitude is a price you have to pay” when you make difficult decisions. Francis doubled down and insisted that the “Lord blesses everyone,” during a Sunday interview with an Italian talk show. But he acknowledged the remarkable opposition his decision …

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Freedom Caucus: Johnson “Surrendered” On Spending

Bloomberg News reports: US lawmakers released a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown on Jan. 20, greatly reducing the chances of a closure but risking conservative Republican ire against House Speaker Mike Johnson. The temporary spending bill would extend funds for some agencies that face a Jan. 20 deadline through March 1 and for others that face …

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DeSantis: Trump Should Have Used Troops Against BLM

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis has quibbled about whether the Jan. 6 2021 Capitol Riots constituted an insurrection, but he has no such qualms about making a similar declaration about Black Lives Matter protests and how he would have handled them. “You as the president, you absolutely have the right to prevent this type of rioting. You know, Bush …

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GOP Rep: Trump Will “Give You The Shirt Off His Back”

Raw Story reports: The internet broke into hysterics on Sunday when Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) told a crowd of Iowa supporters of Donald Trump that the Republican front-runner would give anything to people out of his overwhelming generosity. Speaking in Indianola, Van Orden explained to the audience, “They don’t understand that Trump will stand for you in a time …

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